Mounting card for medical pads and the like



Jul 23, 1940. w M H' 2,209,210

MOUNTING CARD FOR MEDICAL PADS AND THE LIKE Filed Nov. 25, 1955 FE IE? Patented July 23, 1940 MOUNTING CARD F B. M DICALPAns AND-- E LIKE I it M. S oholl, Chicago, Application November 23, 1935, Serial No. 51,206

2 Claims.

the particular article is attached to the body of a user. X

In the past, it has been customary to mount medical pads having an adhesive undersurface of the type that will adhere merely upon application, such as the well-known zinc oxide adhesive surface, upon a starched relatively coursee woven crinoline or gauze backing. Such a backing not only effected some injury to the adhesive surface, but was unsightly and difficult to handle in that the adhesive would project through the interstices of the backing and adhere to whatever it came in contact with, requiring a suitable wrapper around the pads and backing at substantially all times.

It has been found desirable to mount such pads upon a neat mounting card by merely pressing the pad on the card so that the pad would be supported entirely by its adhesive surface. Such card could easily be wrapped in a container or carried loosely in the purse. However, in no instance of which I am aware has any such card ever been provided heretofore which would not injure or render somewhat inefieotive the adhesive surface of the pad, or else a portion of the card would tear loose when the pad was removed.

With the foregoing in mind, it is anobject of this invention to provide a mounting card for medical pads having an adhesive undersurface of the zinc oxide type, and to which card such pads may be adhesively attached and readily removed, with no injury to the adhesive surface of the pads and with no trace left on the card of the former presence of the pads.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a combination including a mounting card and a plurality of adhesive surfaced pads thereupon, the association being such that a pad may be easily removed from the card without leaving trace of its former presence, and with the adhesive surface intact for application to the body of a user.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of a mounting card for adhesive surfaced pads with the pads being carried upon the card by means of their adhesive surface, and the structure being of the type which may be loosely carried in a purse without danger of soiling the application surface of the pad or soiling other articles contained in the purse.

It is also a feature of this invention to provide a mounting card for 'pads having an adhesive surface of the zinc oxide type which may be made inthe form of a neat advertising display, the pads being held on the card solely by their own adhesive surface and being readily removable fromthe card without injury to the adhesive surface or card. 1

An important feature of this invention is the provision of a paper or fiber card provided with a surface to which the adhesive surface of a pad may be attached, such. card .surface affording efficient reception for the adhesive to adhere thereto, and permitting the ready removal of the pad without injury.

.While some of the more salient features, characteristics and advantagesof this inventionhave been above pointed out, others will become apparent from the following disclosures, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in

which:

Figure 1 is a front view of a combination including a mounting card and medical pads attached thereto solely by the adhesive surface of the pads, embodying principles of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a greatly enlarged fragmentary sectional view through the structure of Figure 1 taken substantially as indicated by the line lIII of Figure 1.

As shown on the drawing:

It will be appreciated that the mounting card may be of substantially any desirable shape or size.

, In the illustrated embodiment of this invention, there is seen a mounting card generally indicated by numeral 5 which, as seen best in Figure 2, is a laminated card. The under lamination of the card may be a sheet 6 of paper, fiber or the like, and the upper lamination may be a sheet 1 of a substance having the properties of being sufiiciently receptive for an adhesive of the character of zinc oxide to adhere thereto upon application, but after removal of the adhesive there is no resulting .injury to the adhesive and substantially no trace of its former presence upon the lamination 1. For this purpose, regenerated cellulose is one substance that is satisfactory or suitable.

The laminated structure may be built up by securing the top lamination 1 to the lower lamination 6 by means of a transparent glue or in any other suitable manner. This laminated structure is adaptable for the provision of a decorative background for the pads disposed on the card. Suitable indicia or decorative matter,

, Such as that indicated at a in Figure 1, may be applied in any desirable color combination either to the front surface of the lower lamination 16 or to the rear surface of the top lamination I so as to be visible through the top lamination. Thus, a decorative background may be provided without interfering with the card surface to which the adhesive pads are attached.

In the drawing, a plurality of pads 9 are shown in position upon the card 5. With reference to Figure 2, it will be seen that each of these pads comprises a cushioning element 10 which may or may not be provided with a central aperture II,

'as deemed most desirable. On the undersurface of the cushioning element In is an adhesive surface I l which is preferably a zinc oxide adhesive or a material havingequivalent adhesive characteristics. It will be seen that eachof the pads is supported upon the card solely by the adherence of its adhesive surface to the card. With the card having a surface as above described, anyone of the pads may be removed from the card, leaving substantially no trace of its former presence. The adhesive surface II is not injured by .its application to the card, nor is it subject toloss of its effectiveness by reason of its adherence to the card for even a considerable length of time, so that the pads may be easily removed from the card, and applied to the body of a user with excellent results. I I

Although the pads are shown in both round and oval shapes, it will be understood that sub- 7 stantially any kind of medical pad may be at,- tached to the card, or a small bandage having an adhesive surfaceand items of similar char,-

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From the foregoing, it is apparent that I have provided a novel combination of medical pads having an adhesive surface of the zinc oxide type attached directly to a mounting card, decorated or otherwise, and which combination may be carried'loosely in a purse or the like with no external wrapping, and with no injury to the pads themselves or to other objects carried in the purse. The invention lends itself to economy in manufacture, to' a more pleasing appearance and to greater facility in use.

I am aware that many changes may be made and numerous details of construction may be from the principles of this invention, and I, therefore, do'not purpose limiting the patent granted hereon otherwise than is necessitated by the prior art.

I claimas my invention: 1. In combination, a mounting card comprising a back lamination of paper and a top lamination of regenerated cellulose, and a medical pad having a surface of zinc oxide adhesive attached to said top lamination by said adhesive. 7 a 2.v In combination, a package comprising apadlike medicated element carrying a surface of adhesive of the character of zinc oxide for application to the human body, and amounting striphaving a surfaceof the character of re.-. generated cellulose, with'said medicated element being attachedto the surface of said mounting strip solely by the adherence thereto of said adhesive surface. l l 'u WILLIAM M. SCHOLL.

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